The World is Made of Glass Ltd. has dated this piece to the 18th Century.
The glass is in excellent condition for its age.
It has a rough pontil mark on the underside of the foot.
The glass has a trumpet-shaped bowl measuring 8.3 cm (3.3 inches) in diameter at the rim. The bowl is plain save for a small embedded air tear in its base. The bowl sits on a plain stem with a low inverted baluster knop and a conical, folded foot which measures 8.6 cm (3.4 inches) in diameter. The glass is 18.3 cm (7.3 inches) in height. There are no chips, cracks, significant scratches or any obvious evidence of restoration. There are a couple of minute inclusions in the metal of the bowl, a vertical flaw in the knop and a large unburst bubble in the metal of the foot, all dating from manufacture.
English lead glass weighing in at 235 g. (~ 8 oz.).
The World is Made of Glass Ltd. has dated this piece to the 18th Century.
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Georgian Baluster "Kit-kat" Style Wine Glass
